Monday, April 30, 2007

Centripetal Force



It was a big science activity day today--one kid blew up balloons to match the planets of the solar system in scale and the other experimented with centripetal force, whirling washers around on string. I wish I could say we had a great time and learned a lot, but the sad truth is that we would all just as soon not be bothered by these activities (though I think we may have learned something in spite of ourselves).

4 comments:

Kathy in WA said...

Laura - you made me laugh! What do you mean you all would rather not be bothered with these kind of activities? I'm curious! :)

Debbie said...

We love science in the house, now if I could just figure out how to do more of the writing thing! :-p

Laura in CT said...

Honestly--hands-on activities, science or otherwise, are just so much effort for so little payback. Just give us a book to read! Spare me the insecurities (Why didn't the washer do what Dr. Wile said it would do? I don't have a balloon big enough to be the sun!). And the kids feel more or less the same. Bad, bad homeschoolers!

Cynthia said...

LOL! That's why we belong to a co-op now!